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A CLAM-TASTIC PLAN for the Valley to Vet’S Community of Highlands Borough, NJ A CLAM-TASTIC PLAN for the Valley to Vet’s community of Highlands Borough, NJ Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy Planning and Design Studio, May 2014 THE TEAM TABLE OF CONTENTS Bloustein Planning Studio Team Spring 2014 Bloustein Planning Studio Team………………………………………………………………….ii Acknowledgements……………………………………………………………………………………………………….ii Instructors: Students: Introduction …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..1 Elizabeth Carter Anton Nelessen • Studio Mission Erwin H. Flesch Carlos Rodrigues • General Background Julie Grof • Impacts of Sandy Greer Reinalda • Stakeholder Engagement Sharon Williams Existing Conditions …………………………………………………………………………………………………………6 • Introduction • Demographics Planning Analysis …………………………………………………………………………………………………………15 • Value of Improvements to Value of Land Ratios Acknowledgements Current Planning/Regulatory Framework……………………………………………………………………..17 • Existing Planning Documents Highlands Borough: Others: • Highlands Residents Responses to Bloustein Post-Sandy Survey • Infrastructure Constraints – Stormwater and Wastewater Mayor Frank L. Nolan Paul Cefalo – Weichert Realty Proposed Planning Framework and Urban Design Plan ………………………………………………..22 Councilman Chris Francy Chris Kok – FEMA • Methodology Carla Cefalo-Braswell – HBP Leo Cervantes – Chilango’s Restaurant Implementation Mechanisms ………………………………………………………………………………………30 Charles Heck – Borough Tax Assessor • Zoning/Land Development Regulations Donna Conrad – Borough Clerk • Waterfront District Bruce Padula, Esq. – Borough Attorney • Residential 1 District • Miller Avenue District • Bay Avenue District Monmouth County Division of Planning: • Zoning Standards Joseph Barris • Uniform Construction Code (UCC) Brittany Ashman • Abandoned Properties Rehabilitation Act (APRA) Sharon Rafter • Local Redevelopment and Housing Law (LRHL) • Options for Implementing Redevelopment • Conclusions Monmouth County Parks & Recreation: Paul Gleitz This report was designed by Julie Grof. A Clam-tastic Plan for the Valley to Vet’s Community of Highlands Borough, NJ ii iii INTRODUCTION Appendices 1.1 - Studio Mission Due to the significant amount of content included in the Appendices, these documents are This document is the culmination of a Planning and Urban Design Studio course held at Rutgers included under a separate cover. University’s Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy during the Spring of 2014. The small borough of Highlands, NJ had requested that Rutgers examine the many problems and concerns Study Area MOD IV Data - Sorted it faced as a result of the severe impacts from Hurricane Sandy. Over a span of fifteen weeks Single-family Residential Sales, 2012-13 the students in this class were tasked with the responsibility of creating an urban design and Single-family Residential for Sale, Spring 2014 redevelopment plan, with a focus on a ‘study area’ encompassing the “Valley to Vets” section Residential Condominium Unit Sales, 2012-13 of downtown Highlands -- from Valley Street to South Street and from Shore Drive to the Residential Condominium Units For Sale, Spring 2014 waterfront. All Analytical Maps Catalog of Properties Susceptible to Change During the semester the students performed site visits, interacted with local stakeholders, Zoning Definitions analyzed data and created graphics of current site conditions, and developed new designs as Visual Preference Survey Results part of an overall strategy. In particular, new regulatory rules on flood proofing and elevating Street Typologies structures were examined and in context with the threat of changing real estate market forces, Building Typologies population loss, economic stagnation and how all this may affect the town’s historic traditions. The studio’s own conclusions on what it believes offers the greatest potential benefits with regards to redesign and redevelopment are the basis for this document. The Borough’s predicament is fraught with uncertainty and competing proposals on how to proceed. What is most needed is a clearly articulated vision for the future of the study area. The intention of the Rutgers studio is to provide a service by offering informed planning ideas to the governing body, planning board and borough residents. We are well aware of the Borough’s unique history and desire to maintain its legacy as a fishing and clamming community while balancing this with the need for economic development in ways that do not threaten or undermine the town’s proud heritage. The challenges facing Highlands are difficult and complex and we do not pretend that any one idea can solve them. However, given the opportunity to provide some badly needed direction, we have worked to develop a plan of action that is bold, creative and tailored to the unique set of conditions we found in Highlands. Note: We are pleased to offer this document and hope the Borough’s residents consider these ideas Based on data listed in the February 2014 “Properties Deemed an Imminent Hazard”, this report as they move forward to face the many challenges that lie ahead in a post-Sandy environment. and its appendices contain two errors. The following corrections are not reflected in the material present herein: 1.2 - General Background •Block 45, Lot 4.01 (102 Bay Avenue) should be removed from the map of “Properties Deemed an Imminent Hazard,” and The Borough of Highlands, NJ is a 1.3 square miles community of about 5,000 year-round •Block 45, Lot 2.01 (33-35-37 Jackson Street) should be added to the map of “Properties residents (pre-Sandy) and 3,146 housing units (2010 US Census) located just south and west of Sandy Hook. It is one of the oldest settled areas in New Jersey. Deemed an Imminent Hazard.” A Clam-tastic Plan for the Valley to Vet’s Community of Highlands Borough, NJ iv 1 Map of Highlands Borough, Monmouth County, New Jersey The municipality is bisected by New Jersey Route 36, a 4-lane arterial highway. There is a high- speed passenger ferry service to lower Manhattan, but no passenger rail service. The western section of the Borough occupies a bluff overlooking Sandy Hook Bay and the Atlantic Ocean -- the Navesink Highlands. It includes residential, commercial and institutional uses, along with the 800-acre Hartshorne Woods Park, a part of the Monmouth County Park System, and the Highlands US Army Air Defense facility. The eastern section of town (below Route 36) faces Sandy Hook Bay and the Gateway National communities must confront: changes in demographics and economic base that seemingly Recreation Area. This part of town -- which includes the working waterfront, the downtown challenge the social character of the community, along with the daunting challenges posed by commercial district on either side of Bay Avenue, and the adjoining residential neighborhoods sea level rise and increasingly severe storm events that place at risk the community’s physical – was the victim of a 12- to 17-foot storm surge during Hurricane Sandy and sustained setting and character. considerable damage. The very severe impacts of Hurricane Sandy have heightened the need to find local solutions to The Borough’s history and economy is intimately connected with the water. In 1900 clamming mitigate future storm events. But there have been competing proposals and much confusion employed 1/3 of the Borough’s workforce. Clamming is still the largest employer in town, and is over what types of strategies are feasible, effective and desirable. a year-round activity except for the rare occasions when the Bay freezes. A possible approach is to impose a hard barrier between the Borough’s downtown and the Commercial clamming has expanded in the last 20 years as a result of cleaner water and the waterfront. The US Army Corps of Engineers (ACE) has been studying for years the feasibility of opening, in 1995 of the J.T. White depuration plant. The only such facility in New Jersey, this using several engineered devices to protect a section of the North Jersey shore, from Keyport to plant uses state-of-the-art ultraviolet light to treat hard-shell clams (cherrystones, little necks Highlands Bridge, including downtown Highlands, from future storm surges. and chowders) in 48 hours, a process that would otherwise require up to 45 days of cleansing in clean waters. The plant processes 240 bushels of clams a day and employs about 100 workers. http://www.nan.usace.army.mil/Portals/37/docs/civilworks/projects/nj/coast/rar934.pdf The plant operates on land leased from the Borough and is looking to expand. However, the lease is up in 2015 and competing visions for how the land should be used have been aired. The ACE project would build 8,000 linear feet of protection using bulkheads, floodwalls, dunes, The Highlands waterfront is used for a variety of water-dependent uses: marinas, fishing, party and raised roads and surfaces. A $1.5 million feasibility study is currently underway. The project boat rentals and the passenger ferry dock. The Borough also hosts an annual summer Clam does not yet have an appropriation for construction. It appears that many waterfront residents Fest with games, carnival rides and a clam-shucking contest, as well as fishing tournaments. and businesses do not support this approach, preferring to elevate their individual structures. But large sections of the waterfront are private, and public access is neither intuitive nor An alternative vision is to follow the model adopted in Galveston, Texas in the early part of the th encouraged. 20 Century. This would involve raising the entire downtown
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